Subscribe:

Jan 6, 2022

Brexit’s impact, one year on

Plus: omicron’s impact on a small medical practice, the uneven recovery of the nation’s job market and envisioning a 2022 workplace.

The U.S. economy tries to find its happy place
by Lily Jamali
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty images
IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Indexes for services and manufacturing are a mixed bag.
When it comes to the booming job market, not all states are created equal
by Samantha Fields
Eugene Tanner/AFP via Getty Images
States that weren’t hit as hard by the pandemic slowdown have already mostly recovered.
Omicron is straining medical supply chains and this small practice
by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Cassidy Brauner
A rural family physician discusses shortages of medications, hospital staff and beds for COVID-19 patients.
Will farmers dig Deere’s new autonomous tractor?
by Savannah Peters
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
John Deere has unveiled a new autonomous tractor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Farmers may be slow to adopt the technology.
Outsider trading: A year after Brexit, how 5 small UK companies have fared
John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
Small British exporters reflect on their first full year of doing business as non-EU members. How do they feel about Brexit now?
Two years into the pandemic, what is work?
by Sabri Ben-Achour
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
An industry has popped up to manage the back-and-forth of remote, hybrid or in-person work, including software to help companies adjust to less office space.